Gaster, Berthold, Editor of the Connecticut Jewish Ledger (Vienna) (1926-1992)
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"Memories of Bert Gaster – a “mensch” who nurtured the Connecticut Jewish Ledger"
See http://www.jewishledger.com/2014/08/memories-of-bert-gaster-a-mensch-who-nurtured-the-connecticut-jewish-ledger/
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Fishman, Robert, January 11, 2000
File — Box 1
Interview
[Possibly a handwritten abstract but handwriting is messy and often difficult to read]Activism on behalf of Soviet Jews in Maryland and Hartford, helped get Hartford into this activism and interested in helping resettle Soviet refugees in Hartford. Tricky dynamics between some activists and the early immigrants-some activists only wanted them to go to Israel/didn’t like that they would not demonstrate, but they were afraid for their families. Trip to USR to meet refuseniks....
Dates:
January 11, 2000
Fishman, Robert_2000, Oral History, January 11, 2000
File — Box 31, Box: 671
Identifier: 0014 001 001671
Interview
[Written abstract in the folder but handwriting is messy and often difficult to read.]Activism on behalf of Soviet Jews in Maryland and Hartford, helped get Hartford into this activism and interested in helping resettle Soviet refugees in Hartford. Tricky dynamics between some activists and the early immigrants-some activists only wanted them to go to Israel/didn’t like that they would not demonstrate, but they were afraid for their families. Trip to USR to meet refuseniks....
Dates:
January 11, 2000
Kessler, Irving*, 1975 - 2010
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
This file contains documentation of Irving Kessler’s career as Hartford Jewish Federation Director as well as his work for United Israel Appeal and other Jewish organizations. It also contains information about various JHSGH programs he participated in. 1975 Interview Subjects of the interview include: Parents coming from Gubernia (border between Poland and Russia), arrived in United States in their teens before World War I. Growing up...
Dates:
1975 - 2010
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